onetrack Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 There's plenty of camera footage available, it was all recorded and all recovered. The Roulettes and other aerobatic teams go out with a strictly rehearsed plan of aircraft movements, and there can be no distractions when you're bringing aircraft very close together at considerable speed. The problem here was an undisciplined approach to some of the most dangerous flying you can ever indulge in, and an unrehearsed plan of aircraft movements. The ATSB graphics illustrate pretty clearly what happened - wingtips touched because the concentration was on "great camera footage", and not rigid flying discipline, with carefully preplanned, and carefully rehearsed aircraft movements. It's only sheer good luck there wasn't a quadruple number of fatalities, and two aircraft lost, in the one mid-air crash. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Pilot Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 It's hardly a mystery what happened. Got too close, misjudged. Hold my beer and watch this....... 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundsounds Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 18/1/2024 at 10:20 AM, onetrack said: There's plenty of camera footage available, it was all recorded and all recovered. The Roulettes and other aerobatic teams go out with a strictly rehearsed plan of aircraft movements, and there can be no distractions when you're bringing aircraft very close together at considerable speed. The problem here was an undisciplined approach to some of the most dangerous flying you can ever indulge in, and an unrehearsed plan of aircraft movements. The ATSB graphics illustrate pretty clearly what happened - wingtips touched because the concentration was on "great camera footage", and not rigid flying discipline, with carefully preplanned, and carefully rehearsed aircraft movements. It's only sheer good luck there wasn't a quadruple number of fatalities, and two aircraft lost, in the one mid-air crash. Are you sure none of the operating crew had appropriate experience? Even the best of professional teams come together on occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 I said nothing about "none of the operating crew had appropriate experience". It's obvious they were experienced. But what was lacking was disciplined planning, and a proper rehearsal of the interactions between the aircraft before they went out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 I'm inclined to believe the bulky camera and the desire to make good Images was a big part of this. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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